The storm over the last week has left us without a house or shop. Living in Kentucky has been pretty rough, twice without electricity for an indefinite amount of time. We were told that the storm might cause some problems...Let me tell you it was about 2:30 AM when I knew the lights went out. The ice was so bad that my outside power cable bent to were I could physically touch it.
The next morning my neighbor came to my house and told me if he could take some pictures of our backyard. I agreed and went out to see the ice and snow on our property, it was breathtakingly beautiful. But beauty has a price, no electricity and no heat, trees down, a total mess.
We decide with my wife to tough it out that evening and stay in our house. We played games on our dinning room table under candlelight. I cooked on the grill outside some warm food for our bellies.
We brought a mattress down near the fire place and got all the comforters for the kids to stay cozy and warm. At about 3:00 AM I felt really cold and I asked my wife how she felt? She said that she was cold...So I went on a mad search for extra warmth and found some misc. bedding in the basement, I made sure the kids were covered and I went back to sleep.
At about 8:00 AM We were awoken by the sobs of my youngest son Yishai, who was cold even with his pajamas and three comforters and surrounded by our other children. No doubt, he was cold, I was cold, we were all very cold...That's when my wife and I decided that staying in our house was not an option it was 37 degrees inside...Ouch
We decide to heed North towards Indiana about 15 min from my house to get some warm breakfast and to search for a hotel. We found out that all the hotels were full in almost three states, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio...With that information we got a bite to eat at IHOP and were planning our next move towards Tennessee, when a friend called to let me know his home was available for refuge.
We said Yes, and stayed in Indiana for Shabbat. Hopefully soon our light will come back on.
